Re: [Pythoncard-users] Who is PythonCard's intended audience?

[Bo G. <bo...@sy...>]

If you want to see the difference for yourself, try using Boa for a 
while to start building a wxPython app, then switch and use Pythoncard 
to build the same app. That's what I did, and I was so relieved I nearly 
relieved myself, if you get my drift. Coding in Pythoncard has been a 
big time-saver for me. I'm currently co-building a fairly complex 
application with a database backend, and I think if we had to use 
wxPython for the whole thing we would have chosen a different route.
Bo


Kevin Walzer wrote:

> I'm very interested in wxPython as a development language, because it's
> free/open-source and also because of the number of different tools it
> supports--including PythonCard. I've been lurking on the PythonCard list
> for some time. I'm also working on learning wxPython itself, mainly by
> following the various tutorials at the wxPython wiki and also tinkering
> with the code samples that come with the wxPython distribution.
>
> That experience, while hardly making me an expert, has made me a little
> puzzled about who the intended audience for PythonCard is. Is PythonCard
> aimed at people who want a RAD environment for wxPython, or for peole
> who perhaps want to dabble a bit with development but not try to learn
> wxPython whole hog?
>
> I'm asking not to be contrarian, but out of genuine curiosity. While
> wxPython itself is big and my progress with it has been fairly slow, I
> don't feel that wxPython is terribly difficult in itself. As well,
> PythonCard only supports a subset of wxPython widgets and does not
> provide a true drag-and-drop development environment. So, does
> PythonCard provide the expected gain in ease-of-use and development
> speed that comes with giving up the power (and complexity) of the full
> wxPython environment?

Disclosure about my own background: I've done "get-my-hands-dirty"

> development work, coding a few non-trivial applications in Tcl/Tk
> completely by hand, and I've also done some "quick-and-dirty"
> drag-and-drop development with Apple's Xcode tools (AppleScript
> Studio--slick and free, but not open-source). So, I've seen both ends of
> the spectrum, and am trying to understand where PythonCard fits in.
>
> I appreciate the perspective that others can provide, especially about
> the good points of PythonCard that I am perhaps overlooking.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin Walzer, PhD
> WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X
> http://www.wordtech-software.com
> http://www.kevin-walzer.com
> mailto:sw...@wo...


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